"i know this show will sell itself with ease..."
I think that is a HUGE assumption. This show has all the earmarks of very high quality, but not necessarily box office success. I wish them success, but I wouldn't assume that a critically successful, foreign language, arthouse film is a sure-fire hit. And despite the quality of the cast, none is a box office lock.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson